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The Career Counselor's Handbook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Howard Figler, Richard Nelson Bolles
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 14708
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1580088708
Dewey Decimal Number: 331.702
EAN: 9781580088701
ASIN: 1580088708
Publication Date: October 2007
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Product Description
Updated to address the specifics of today's job market, THE CAREER COUNSELOR'S HANDBOOK is a one-stop resource for counselors looking to break into the business, be more efficient, or simply get a recharge of inspiration and ideas. From practical matters to ethical concerns, Figler and Bolles provide all the professional tools, problem-solving tips, and soul-searching wisdom a counselor needs to ensure a successful and satisfying practice.
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 Excellent resource November 25, 2008
The book is very helpful and easy to read. I recommend it to anyone who's a career counselor.
 Very Useful September 18, 2008
Overall I found this book to be very useful. The short, concise chapters made the information easy to digest. I work with undecided college students, so not everything was relevant, but the majority of the book served as a great refresher. Every career counselor will make it his or her own, but there are many useful suggestions and ideas that can be adapted to different situations.
Excellent resource for those new to the field, many good ideas for those that are more experienced October 5, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book for the beginning career counselor and offers a lot of good advice and resources for more experienced professionals as well. It is well-written and it is obvious that Mr. Bolles is passionate about his topic.
The thing I like best about this book is that it focuses on matching what people like to do to a career choice rather than simply matching people's skills or what they are good at to the needs of the market. This puts the client's best interests squarely at the center of the counseling process. It also drives home the point that deep right hemisphere introspection is a necessary prerequisite to making a fulfilling decision. This point is often underplayed or ignored in other books.
Mr. Bolles also brings in the often controversial topic of how career (or vocation) relates to spirituality and how one might address this with a particular client. Although this is not a standard practice, the reality is that for many people spiritual considerations are important. Handling this connection between the two is delicate, but is certainly an option with many clients and potentially an added value that will be appreciated by many. Whether you decide to enter this territory or not, this section is good food for thought and it isn't an opinion that dominates the rest of the book.
While I like this book and think it offers good practical advice and contains some very good resources, it also has some shortcomings. For example, I think it underplays the value of psychological testing and has a tendency to oversimplify these kinds of big decisions. On the other hand, it emphasized peak experiences and mining them for clues to a client's values which also sheds light on deep psychological motivations. This approach also tends to bypass negative scripts or schemas that undermine many clients.
In short, I think this is a good roadmap for career counseling which I do a fair share of in my practice. While I think for many clients there are other tools to augment this process that Mr. Bolles doesn't mention, he does talk about many important skills and provides a good structure for this type of work. For those that are interested in other tools, there is certainly a lot of complimentary reading material that one can explore.
Well Done! April 25, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a great book about not just helping people find a job, but helping them find themselves and fulfillment in their career. For the job seeker this book is also a great tool for understanding both yourself and the career counsel you may seek.
Learn the "True" Role of the Career Counselor August 24, 2001
32 out of 35 found this review helpful
As a rookie in the field of Career Development I was in for some major surprises. As many Americans in today's society, I thought that the most frequently utilized tools of any professional career counselor would be assessment tests and occupational forecasts. Instead, I learned that these tools should be be used sparingly and with caution. Although still frequently used, the the highly skilled and professional career counselor makes it his/her mission to help the client use introspection, and ultimately, assume the responsibility for her/her own career development. I learned a lot about the field of career counseling, material which can not only be used when working with clients but also material that will be beneficial to my own career development. My two least favorite aspects of the book were the last chapter which dealt with "Hanging it up as a Career Counselor". Not that this Chapter shouldn't have been included, but I felt as that it was a downer of an ending. Also, it was recommended that the Counselor be ready to bring God and sprituality into the counseling session(s) if the client seems ready to do so. Maybe it is because I am new, but I find religion and spirituality to be so personal and unique to the individual, that I would be uncomfortable doing this. Religious values and beliefs are so varied that I think one would have to be highly knowledgeable about both world religions and the world of work.
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